Weighing scale



P. V-IVIANO WEIGHING SCALE Jan. 13, 1931.

3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 15, 1929 Q By QM A ttornm 4 operation l 1;, VIVIJANQ; for sums iitisso1:iii

hppiicetion fiied'Kugust 15, 1959;, setm11-r 385 ,99 0.

v This invention;has i'eferehoe' t -o 'aii' proved weighing scale and: more; pantieularl yytofa weighingxappsmtus having d' play "dvel tising means,eombineditherewifih I ailed'ge org -sho1 1 1der 5 in the 'cente'rro'f which is'; a sight} opening Shaving a; xiiaghiiyih glass, "as indicated at. 6finFi gu1ie s;2-;ancl% tion I' is to .pjrovidle, azgwei-ghing appjamtus havingl means: for :p'resenting. to the public,

; View .a varied and ifch ag igeablefassorvtment of. agivefiisingv qiisplaysf and" effeotingflichange 5 of displays; coincident Withieaehi wei'ghifigi l 1 resp'eeti vely movedl'into iregistrationiwith I A- further- 1 ohiect' bi; the :jiiiveiitioif fi t?) pi ovioie a; weighing; apparatus in which the Weight iiesignatihgfindioiw is normally con cealed fro'methe person Weighed and is revealed; ioiily' uponl manual j opemtion of a changeableadvertising exhibitoiumechanism whereby'ithetexhibited j adi eitising matter; is I ;.exposedmin an -attractive and} noticeable w o i i 1 pressed by theviveight off-the-persori'stand manneinfl o H Fu t i snd; advantages-pf the I inventionzwill be-Vapparenhfiomjhe isollovv? ing dese 'ipbi o'n:thereof; consideged 111;, F iiectionfwith tlie j -a ecompfienyingl iraw ngsi.

- wherein;

I the .improveci weighing. scales,

3 Figure 3; is an: enlarged-detail; ViGW: ogfi the scale in front elevation,

mechanism,;

Figure 5 is a detail sectioriailiriew; the

f seeder base,

- Figure-16;; is 's eefiioiialfview along line n" "'Figureifl: is .a etail 511w, of ,the shiittei vand shutt r tensioning n ea ns andi operating mechanism,

' referenc "m u ht- 1 1 e e ts k v r iw l em ad jaiceritoiie end o One oh: the essential. ob'ects ofi the -inven v the casing being partly; seetio gto v disclose thQREi IiI-IQIII,

v The fin t qni p l b e 11 9' a iou ty'pes of wei'ghingappapetus end infi l? 1501-. lowing; ""di'sclosu ie pwijll l --desc ribed with I "j I its u'sei on ar 'platform=sea1e of:

thetypeshown-inthe,drawing '1'":

I Briefly idescriih d5,- the scale, embodies i an. v

1 openingf-afs .-show r Figures: 3 and:

in which is suitably-mouniied the. scalefplat-z .foir n" 3f. The upright casing 1' has" a. forwarc'i-ly ldisposed' offset P OI 'i'iiOII providing the sight; opening its the element is rotated;

pinio conneotijon to?along' rodflfikhaviiig itslowjei' end ipi-yotally connected to a leveri 11 forming partf-of Jthe: mechanism i finofi The; movement of the? parts so reg lated that 5 when the scale p1atforn1n-3 i's td e' downwardly, causing the element; 18 0; bet. I rotated. i suflieientLy 1 to" place:iiithegprop'erra, weight indicating :numerals i with;theqrsigh't openihgfig'" 1 f Fi'gure '1 i a Vi w n, f nt: e va on O 'i'egzistiatioiii' fonirscale, the: partsztreretainedidn zero; 5 position by anzadjusmble ten'sioning mecha- 1 a l with herod 10"bythebiacket figsis-cleanly n-ism including lithe springs I2- "conneefiejd show -inFigure B; I o i The; ;tens1on1iig; mechan sm serves also "resets the" parts after "each Weighing opera}:

tion. 1 Combinedi .with the weighing appe tusi is an advertising display mechaiiismi n v o j v eluding" a; pair" of spaced para-11a endlesszf.

chains; 14 disposed longitudinally of th elup' 1 right easing 1 and osiip'portedatltheir oppojbeing f xed on; rota-tableshafts '16, the' ;i ipper i F oneio fgywhichmis provided-i with 1a2.(prank' f handleL'Zifontumingthe:sdmei f win v 1 {Thesetohains provide supportssfor .ai ada. ventisingj strip; nofiash'own prese iting a series-10f advertising-panels each of.v whiehisigadapted fto'libeisucoessively displayedtthroughmglassflwindow l8 vprovidedlrin 'thea front f a ce's of jheif: c sing above 5 the base 2 i ins T The crank is adapted to be given onefullturn at each operation asindicat'ed by the legend on the frontof the casing and at each operation the visible, display panel is replaced by the successive paneL For the purposes of the present invention a shutter mechanism is provided for normally "concealing the designated weight from-the view of the person standing on the scale platform until the advertising display means is manually operated to effect a change of advertising panels at the window '18. This mechanism comprises a shutter 19 extending crosswise of't-he: periphery of the;

Weight designating element 8 and having depending legs 20 pivoted at their lowerexa tremities' to the sides 'of the bracket 7; the; legs of the shutter-being of such .length as' topositiontheshutter for'movementin'an arcuate path between the sight openingb' ,and the peripheral portion of thefweight tionedi directly ;below the sight fectively. concealing from view designating numerals. registering with-i'the opening, and it .is retained'in this position by shutter-tensioning means'suchas illus-H- p I designating element8.

-At;its normalpositiointhe shutter posithe; Weight trated in Figure'7. 2 V 7 As. therein shown, the shutter tensioning means embodies. a tensioning spring 21 anchored at its end 22'toi the bracket 7 and attached atlitsend 23 to an arm 24,-the latterconsisting of an angular'extension of one'of the shutter legs-20.. V V r It will be. observed that the shutter arm. 241s at such an anglewith' respect to the legs,

20jtha't thegend '23 of the springfis, in the normal:- position of the shutter; disposed Hence, the 'spring 2 1 is. tensioned above the pivot of: the shutter and the shutter is tension o-fithe spring against the pull of above'the, pivot of the latter.

heldby the wire 321 o v o g v The operating means for the shutter com prises a crank25 fixed to the crank '26 of-crankshaft 27 by means of, an angular link 28, fiSiSllOWll in Figure 8 the links being spring tensioned as shown 'at29 and of such angularityas to causethecrank shaft27 'to be rocked rather than rotated about an axis during the rotation of the lower drum shaft 16.

V jecting' finger 31 toiwhich or w o lower-portion of. the casing'l, being supported above the lever' ll bya bracket 30. Fixed to the shaft27 is a'horizontally pro- 7 is secured one end of awire or otherifiexiblegelement 32 which 7 has its. other end attached .to the shutter arm 24: as seen in Figure Thus, when the crank 17 isrotated its full turn, causin'g'a corresponding rotation of 'thel'upperand' lowerudrum shaftsgl'G, the crank {25 oflthe opening, ef-' ment with the spring 21 inwardl secured end of the"-latter, "as 's own in? K 2 V to one end of the lower drum shaft 16 and pivotally [coupled- The shaft 27 extends transversely of the moved to a point below the pivot of the shutter whereby the spring 21 'being thus tensioned; below the pivot of the shutter tends to hold the shutter in its open position, as willbe readily understood.-

The flexibility of the element132 permits the finger 31 to return tolits raised position Without actuating the shutter 19, said elei ment 32 simply flexing during this upward movement of the finger. Itwill alsobe'apo parent that the fingerBl may continue to os'-'. cillate, being: actuated T .byfthe exhibitmg mechanism, without operating the shutter after said shutter swung to inoperative position bykthe' first downward movement: of

the finger.

In order that the shutterwill'be automati- 7' cally returned to its normal: position as soon as the weight is removed fromthe scale platform 3, the rod lOis equipped at its upper end with an "adjustably' mounted-trip element 33-"projectingupwardly for engagfi- F gure 7 Thetrip as 1 fan and rises; with the ad lOand in its upward movement with-the rod,

afterthe platform has beenv'acated, contacts.

with the spring, 21-, the latter *ha'ving previously been moved into a more or less hori zontal position by the opening movement ofvv the shutter. The upward pressure of the trip moves the spring} upwardly so as to initially shift the end23 V of the fshutteri arm above the shutter pivot,. subsequent towhich the full tension of the spring isexerted above thepivot of the shutter to reset the shutter in its proper normal-position"where it is held by the tension of the spring against the pull of wire32. r From the foregoingit will be seen that when the platform of the scale is occupied by a person, desirous of ascertaining his weight, the weight designatingindiciawill not be exposed in the sight opening untilthe person has'rotated thecrank handle of the display advertising mechanism a full turn, in the courseofwhich, operation an advertislng panel 'is'tj exposed through 'the *window of' the scale '-coi'n"cidentfwith the exposure of the weight designating, indicia'. j

The movlng partsoffthe device are auto maticallyreset, as above described-after-each weigh ng operationi and-g it iSlQbl Ous that invention.

all of the advertising panels will be success sively displayed' at the window during a continued period of. use of the machine.

It will be further understood that the invention is susceptible of various modifications andchanges in the structure as herein presented and allsuch' changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims rotatable element having weiht designatadapted to be respectively brought into ing numerals on the perip ery thereof registration with-thesight opening,

H V ments so;,as to prevent 'a reading of the latthe shutter to one s ide of the sight openich'angea'ble advertising exhibiting 'mecha nism within the said casing, a-pivoted shute I ter normally disposed between the said sight opening and the weight designating ele-f ter, shutter operating means fonmoving ing to permit reading of, the weight. desig nating means, said shutter operating means includmga rock shaft, a flexlble connect on between the rock'shaft andthe shutter, a

driving connection between the said rock weighing mechanism including a rotatable 7 element positioned below the sight opening,

and having weight designating numerals on the periphery and an actuating bar geared to said rotatable element for 'turnin same, shutter mechanism interposed Y between the said sight'opening and the periphery :of the said rotatable elementto 'nor-' play advertisingmeans in the'said casing andbeing operatively connected with sai V shutter for movingthe latter laterally of I the said sight opening to permit a reading of the weight designating numerals ateach operation of the said advertising display means, a tensioni-ng element engaged with said angular extensionof the shutter. and

serving-to normally position the latter in,

jreg'istration with the said sight opening,

saidtensioning element alsoserving to re-- tain'the-said shutter laterally of the sight} o enin' wheniit 'occu ies such a osition'. i i i I 7 weighing mechanism to engage and m the said tensioning element into shutter,

closing position-at the completion of each 7 V we g ng p rat In'testimony whereof I aflix my signature y l I i g PHILLIP VIVIANO.

shaft and-the exhibiting means, means for s holding the shutter in its position on one 'sideof the {sight opening during continued operation of the exhibiting means 1 and means for resetting the shutter after each weighing operation;

.- 2. In a' weighingapparatus, incombination, acasing having a sight opening, a

[weighing mechanism including a rotatably mountedelementhaving weight designatingf numerals on the periphery thereof adapted to-be broughtinto' registration with the said sight opening, a ipivoted shutter normally disposed between the, sight opening and theperiphery of theqsaidelement l to prevent a reading of thelatter, 'a dsh eterxactuating means including 'a' rock shaft,

a flexible connection between: the said'rock' V shaft and the shutter, a manually operable advertisingdevice,ian operating connection between the said device and thelrock shaft,

' a spring connected to the shutter 'and'in the normal positionsof the shutter being ten- ,sioned above the pivot of the shutter for q holding the -same against,the pull of the of the shutter being tensioned below the pivot ,for holding {the shutter opengindependently of the continued operation of the i 7 advertising device,.zand means for moving said spring into shutter closing position at the completion of each weighing operation.

' Ina weighing apparatus, in combina-. tion, a casing having a sight 'openingga' flexible connection and inthe, open 'position' the a and trip means connected with the said .mally prevent the readin of the latter, said shutter-having an angu ar extension, dis- 

